A Georgia teen arrested Sunday told police he was trying to play Santa for his girlfriend’s children when he was caught leaving an area Walmart without paying for items he had in his possession, according to the Athens Banner Herald.

According to the report, security guards detained 17-year-old Matthew Dillion Sparks after he pushed a shopping cart filled mostly with toys out the front entrance without paying, Athens-Clarke police said.

The teen told officers he was going to put the items on layaway, but brought them outside so no one would “mess” with them, and that he was going to go back to buy a drink, police said.

“I knew Mr. Sparks was not going to purchase any other items because he only had 18 cents on his person,” the officer wrote in his report.